Flood warnings spread as Ohio Valley rains flood Cairo area
Weather warnings indicate widespread rain across Ohio and Tennessee valleys with Cairo hit hard by rising gauges. Reports show rainfall totals reaching multiple inches in Cincinnati Columbus and nearby towns, causing flooding and distress in several counties as authorities issue alerts and monitor rising waters.
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Urea
Sam
Citcinnfti
Columbus
Byamsville
Chattanooga
Ohio
Indiana
Benead
Wreck in Alabama Dispatches Five People Fatally Hurt
A fragmented report from Alabama describes a high speed wreck near Nashville and Birmingham area routes. Five persons were severely injured or killed. authorities quote dispatches noting serious injuries and unclear travel details.
Montreal building collapse sparks Canada wide concern
A fragmentary report notes a Montreal structure burned and collapsed on a Saturday, with estimates unclear. Officials' details remain limited as responders assess the extent of damage and potential casualties across the Allan Line area.
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Allan Line
Canada
Montreal
Gruesome murder shocks O'Neill Nebraska stockman killed
H W Bhaw a leading stockman was shot and killed by Bidlward Slattery on the Slattery farm about five miles south of the city at 9 30 Friday morning. Shaw in company with his son and hired men was bringing three loads of hay when Slattery ordered them off his land. Shaw and a hired man left their wagon and approached Slattery who fired and killed Shaw instantly. Slattery surrendered in town but was released on a 500 bond. An information charging willful murder was sworn Friday afternoon and Slattery was rearrested to await a preliminary hearing next week. The coroner's jury arrived later but did not render a verdict.
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Nuit
O'Neil
O'Neill
H. W.bhaw
Bidlward
Slattery
Tia City
Yelock
Shaw
No Change on Wabash as Injunction Remains
Attorneys for firemen and trainmen and union leaders offered no new arguments Friday. They will seek dissolution of the injunction on grounds including denial of authorization of a letter sent to Wabash officials and alleged threats against the company. Morrissey and Lee said they had no knowledge of the letter before its issue by Wabash officials in their plea.
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Art ‘Louis
Wabash
Averaesso Conference Committee
Morrissey
Lee
Fall on a Pencil Kills Child in New Rochelle
Chester Baylis Bloom, three, of New Rochelle, died from blood poisoning after a lead pencil pierced his eye two months earlier. Initial recovery gave way to eye infection, an operation revealed an abscess, and the ensuing illness led to meningitis and death.
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New York Dispatch
Chester Baylis Bloom
William Bloom
Nety Rochelle
Fight in a church splits Atlanta congregation
In Atlanta Georgia a church dispute at Jones Avenue Baptist leads to near riot conditions after two camps form inside the building. One man suffers bad bruising during the overnight conflict over attempting to obtain an injunction to restrain Pastor Rev Holtzclaw from church affairs.
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Atlanta
Jones Avenue
Wd. Holtzclaw
Knapp’s nerves shaken by recent murders and deaths
Hamilton dispatch reports Alfred Knapp depressed after positive identifications of Hannah Goddard and Anna Gamble, wives numbers three and four. Knapp contemplates not only five confessed murders but other crimes. Mrs Badic Wenzel, Knapp’s sister, has four Cincinnati attorneys who will soon set a date for the preliminary hearing with Prosecutor Gordon.
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Hamilton
Hannah Goddard
Anna Gamble
Alfred Knapp
Badic
Wenzel
Knapp
Cincinnati
Gordon
War prep in Guatemala and Strobel death report
A San Francisco special notes Guatemala war preparations with the army marching on the Salvador frontier and able-bodied men pressed into service. It also reports Charles J. Strobel, Toledo baseball team owner and Strobel's band organizer, dying of typhoid fever in a Toledo hospital amid sparse details and a separate Denver dispatch notes an arrest warrant for a former chief clerk over a $7,000 state fund shortage.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
Salvador
Charles Strobel
Charles J. Strobel
Toledo Baseball
Strobel
Denver
Cola
Iizelf
Kentucky farmer fatally wounds stepdaughter then kills self
Henderson County report states Albert Allen Melton, a prosperous farmer, shot his 16 year old stepdaughter Mary Melton in a home where she stayed, then wounded Mrs. John Culver. He fled to a nearby home, hid in a barn, and, upon approaching bloodhounds, swallowed Paris green and shot himself dead. Authorities believe he had earlier tried to harm his divorced wife.
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Kentucky
Henderson
Allen Melton
John Culver
Thuras
Melton
John ‘Culver
Mary Melton
Culver
Union
Our Soldiers Will Stay in Cuba Despite Criticism
Washington reports reiterate no present plan to remove American troops from Cuba. Officials say remaining soldiers are to guard naval and coaling stations, not coerce Cubans, amid Cuban Senate rebuke over reciprocity treaty. Burdick case shows no progress.
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Cuba
Washington
Senate
United States
Murder in Elmwood District Stuns Buffalo
Edwin J. Brrdick, a wealthy Elmwood social figure, was murdered in a puzzling case. Police Superintendent Bull said investigations remain at suspicion stage with no arrest possible yet and promised action once evidence is strong enough to convict.
Hello girl gets damages in Missouri case
Miss Eva Cook, a telephone operator in Kansas City Missouri, was awarded 12500 damages by a circuit court jury against the Missouri and IXansas Telephone Company for injuries inflicted by Herschel Graves, a manager in the central office. Cook testified Graves roughly whirled her about while she sat on a high stool after an unruly exchange over a minor order. The judge urged employers of corporations to treat their workers with consideration.
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Ixansas City
Eva Cook
Missouri and
Ixansas
Herschel” Graves
Mies Cook
Graves
Stover
Four Struck By Train Near Springfield
A fog shrouded crossing on the Big Four trestle left Mrs John Greentwood and her 12 year old daughter dead after a freight struck them while walking with two younger children. The 10 and 11 year old children were fatally injured.
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A. Springfield
Diapateh
John Greentwood
Earthquakes Hit Costa Rica and Lima Fatalities
Frequent tremors reported in San Jose with a heavier quake overnight. In Lima workers Frank Newell and Loranthe Carpenters were crushed between tanks at the Solar plant after an accident. Ash ejecting from a nearby volcano adds to the peril as authorities assess damage.
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Costa Rica
San Jose
Pgos
Frank
Newell and
Loranthe
Carpentera
Lima
Mrs Lavalleur Granted Bail In Hawkey Estate Case
Newton report notes attorney C O McLain asked for bail for Mrs Lavalleur, age 65, with relatives furnishing $5000 bond. Judge Preston commented on evidence and guilt presumption, allowing the bond. Her children and lawyers posted the bond as public opinion splits on guilt and sensational testimony may involve others.
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Newton
C. O. McLain
Cragay
Preston
Judge Given Sentences John Walker for Manslaughter
In Des Moines District Court Judge Given sentenced John Walker colored to eight years in the penitentiary for manslaughter in killing Isaac Finkelstein Anad lust. He declared eyewitness evidence conclusive and showed Walker conspired with Harry Levich. Levich, previously acquitted, drew severe censure and action is expected against him for further crimes.
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Given
John Walker
Des Moines
Isaac Finkelstein
Walker
Harry Levich
Levich
Ice clogged Des Moines River threat to Bonaparte town
A Jeokuk special reports the Des Moines River in Bonaparte Van Buren County is 300 yards wide with heavy ice blocking the river and flooding the lower town. Residents fear a 1866-like overflow when the ice moves out. DIPHTHERIA AT ROCK RAPIDS All Schools Will Be Closed Till Danger in Phased. Two diphtheria cases found in a parochial school after noon. cases judged very bad and recovery unlikely. Quarantines placed on families with children in schools. public schools to remain closed until safe time elapsed.
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Jeokuk
Des Moines
Bonaparte
van Buren County
Rock Rapids
Board of Health
Php
Fire Burns for Eight Hours at Albia Blaze Destroys City Block
An Albia fire lasting eight hours destroyed Hill & Son's restaurant, the Lew is block including George Rees's drug store and Lewis & McCallister grocery, and the armory on the second floor. Property losses run from thirty thousand to thirty six thousand dollars with insurance about one third. Fire department delays hampered containment as ammunition in the armory exploded and spread flames in all directions. Inmates of a grooming house escaped in night clothes via a rear stairway.
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Albia
Hill & Son
Lewis
George Rees
Lewis & McCallister
Military Company
Whiting Man Wins China Boxer Uprising Claim
Attorney Hidgar A. Smith reports from Washington that Charles Arvid Anderson has a judgment against the government of China for 51443.02 arising from the 1900 Boxer uprising in Mongolia province. Two of Andersons sisters, missionaries, were killed. one was a naturalized American citizen. Anderson, a farmer near Whiting, will receive the award.
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China
Whiting
Hidgar A. Smith
Washington, D. C
Charles Arvid Anderson
Government of
Anderson
Mongolia Province
Filda
Cnim
Ice Gorge Damages Keithsburg Bridge Span
A Burlington special reports the Town Central bridge over the Mississippi at Keithsburg severely damaged by ice Wednesday evening. A massive ice gorge near Black Hawk Island pushed against the bridge causing the span to buckle and topple into the river before the danger subsided.
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Mississippi River
Burlington
Keithsburg
Black Hawk Island
Spain
Typhoid at Fort Dodge risks from tainted water
Fort Dodge residents are boiling drinking water after Health Officer Dr. C. H. Charehill declared the water bad. Typhoid fever cases are blamed on the water, with high river water hindering filtration. Milk supply is also being tested by city physicians amid the outbreak.
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Fort Dodge
C. H. Charehill
Reunited After Thirty Years Mrs Reed Finds Her Mother
Mrs Hert Reet of New Sharon arrived to see her mother Mrs Sursh Secor after a 30 year separation. As a child Hulda Lewis lost her father Joe Tewis at Melrose Ing and fled with paternal grandparents who died around 1880. She later married Bert Reed and lived in New Sharon until the recent reunion prompted by a letter from her mother.
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Reed
New Saron
Hert Reet
New Sharon
Sursh Secor
Joe Tewis
Melrose
Ing
Wold
Hulda Lewis
Bert Reed
Boy Electrocuted After Contact With Live Wire At Pole
Eddie Madsen 18, son of Mr and Mrs J C Madsen, was instantly killed at 450 Tuesday evening in Council Bluffs after touching a live wire while climbing a utility pole on his way home from school. He grasped the wire with both hands, was shocked by 2300 volts, and fell striking a fence, breaking his neck and crushing his skull. Al lon City dispatch reports Charles Holada was cross examined in a Gallaghter perjury trial, alleging admissions contradicting earlier testimony and questioning Mrs Gallaugher's acquaintance.
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Council Bluffs
Eddie Madsen
Jons C. Madsen
Ele
al Lown City Dispatch
Charles Holada
Oss
Gallatgher
Parimour
Marshalltown Man Minsing Special Notes Disappearance
A Marshalltown special reports the mysterious disappearance of O. Beck Minghowse, a member of Garlinghouse & Wilson seed firm. He left home Monday morning and has not been seen since. His wife says there was no known reason for his absence and their relationship was cordial. No financial trouble noted with the firm.
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Marshalltown
O. Beck Minghowse
Garlinghouse & Wilson
Hundred Years Ago History and Headlines
A pasted historical recap notes a lottery with large prizes offered in New York to fund literature in 100 years past, while Kentucky and Louisiana factions clashed and ships sailed. It recalls bloodhounds shipped by France to suppress slave rebellion and a housework advert. Fifty years ago, a US frigate sailed to the Pacific, and a US Senate plan for a Pacific railroad faced defeat. Reports mention cargoes of enslaved people sent to Liberia, Pierce’s pro‑slavery stance, California gold seekers’ deaths, floods’ toll, and an early electromagnetical meter invention announced in Genoa.
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New York State
Kentucky
Monroe
New York
Masti
United States
Constirn- Hon
Atgien
Louis Napoleon
New
Americ Colonization
Liberia
America
Eion
Pierce
Washington
California
der. Caroaia
Genos
Uru
Civil War Echoes From The Front And Home Front
Forty years ago Isling country roads were poor and wood worth a cord sold for SI at Springfield. Five hundred sick soldiers found in negro huts near Vicksburg. Grant army officers at headquarters. Lee and Campbell brigades briefly pushed Union lines at Kelly’s Ford but retreated with several officers lost. Lincoln rejected Seward’s dispatch opposing universal emancipation. North alarmed by Confederate reports of a great Vicksburg battle with 20 000 killed and 7 000 drowned. News in New York claimed fifty fast warships being built in English yards for the Confederacy ostensibly for the Emperor of China.
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Springfield
Vicksburg
Miss
Grant
Offeers
Fitzingh Lee
Campton
Kelly's Ford
Bhenandoah Valley
Lincoln
Seward
Manson
North
New York
Prices, politics, and fashion in a century past
Three decades ago price controls were tied to political power and combines. A religious convention urged God in the Federal constitution and urged Congress to expel bribed members. New York fashion notes claimed hats were out, bonnets with long ribbons were in, and bouquets for dances remained proper. Congressional salaries were fixed at a yearly sum by the House.
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Congress
New York
Woot
Trwit
Wren
House of Representativen
Coeducation Critique and Political Feuds Highlight 20 Years Past
Twenty years ago at Trinity Church New York Reverend Morgan Laird warned coeducation and higher education for women would crack the social order and labeled rights advocates as humanitys worst enemies. Alexander H Stephens former Confederacy VP died in Atlanta. Van Voorhly faced expulsion threat over remarks about Congressman Page. In Senate aid dispute David Davis resigned as President pro tempore and Edmunds succeeded.
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Rey. Morgan Laix
Trinity Church
New York
Alexander H. Stephens
Confederacy
Georgia
Atlanta
van ‘Voorhly
House of Repre
Congressman Page
David Davis
United States Senate
Edmunda
Iris precedence secured by Gladstone ten years ago
A fragmented recap notes Gladstone won precedence for Iris ten years earlier. It mentions debates in the British House of Commons, Grover Cleveland’s second inauguration, and a World’s Fair context. References to Washington appropriation cuts by the Senate and conference committee appear as part of a broad, unclear summary of historical events.
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Gladstone
Iris
House of Commdny
le Grover Claveland
United States
Senate
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